“What rock and roll owes to Elvis– drag racing owes to Leo Payne.” –Cook Neilson. Leo Payne at the Bonneville Salt Flats. via “‘Back then,’ recalls racer/promoter Bonnie Truett, “we were all using those little four-inch Avon slicks and no wheelie bars. The theory was that the faster you could spin the tire, the faster […]![]()
